CHAPTER 8: The Miserable Metrics of Neoliberalism
Conclusion to Chapter 8 Consistent with the main line of argument in this thesis then, is the proposition that labour market flexibilisation is the other side of the neoliberal policy…
2012
WIN! Scambaiting the Nigerian bank scammers.
From the description under the youtube video: This is a video created by a Nigerian email scammer. You know the type. We’ve all received their emails. They usually start with…
The Economics of EI “Reform”
Changes to the EI rules announced by the government today are not rooted in any lengthy policy rationale. But Minister Finley and and the media release spoke to the need…
Pot Protests Spread in Montreal (No, Not That Kind)
Saturday May 19, there weren’t many poople out pounding on pots and pans in Montreal to protest emergency legislation limiting public demonstrations and many other things as the long student…
Montreal protest map
According to Twitter, here’s the route map that protesting students gave to Montreal police:
Classifying the unemployed
Because we have do something, McDonalds is importing temporary workers and there are unemployed Canadians that could be flipping those burgers. So to fix the problem, the Harper regime will…
NRDC Report Predicts 150,000 Heat-Related Deaths Due To Climate Change
Melting Ice People WWF Rosa Merk.jpg Chances are, if you're already concerned about being off'ed by climate change, it's probably because you imagine being swept away by a super-charged hurricane,…
Menzingers – Nice Things
The video kind of blows, but the song is genius, and the album it comes from is 2012′s best, so far. These guys are now what Against Me stopped being,…
Decolonizing Anarchism: An Anticolonial Critique
There was an “anti-colonial Victoria Day” book launch in Montreal on May 21, where Maia Ramnath presented her new book Decolonizing Anarchism, published by AK Press and the Institute for…
May 24: How not to write a news story
It’s the banner headline on the front page “Former CN Terminal Plaza to be reborn” Then there’s the sub-head that says, “Major renovation a show of private investor confidence in…
If the Federal Government was serious about banning clothing linked to riots they’d ban Canucks jerseys
Forget the masks (With apology to Emma Teitel)
Context matters in interpretation of contracts
Words never "speak for themselves". They have to be placed in a factual matrix. Today's decision in Lloyds Syndicate 1221 (Millennium Syndicate) v. Coventree Inc., 2012 ONCA 341 has some helpful language in…
Thunder Bay lags behind other hospitals in fulfilling freedom of information request
Evidently some hospitals have kinks to work out in their processing of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. In mid-February we sent out requests – along with an initial $5 fee…
How the West Was Won – Art of Nicola Verlato
Nicola Verlato’s “How the West Was One” is a visually striking series of oil on canvas that tells the tale of the culture clash between monotheism and polytheism throughout human…
Dare to be Stupid
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An order cannot be made requiring a hospital to take a s.672.58 patient where there are no beds
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health v. Ontario, 2012 ONCA 342 was released today. A treatment order under s. 672.58 of the Criminal Code can be makde requiring an accused to…
Dwell’s Top Green Projects of 2012
Architecture magazine Dwell has released their top ten green projects in the USA for this year. It would be great to see this done in a global perspective. On April…
4670…A Prog View On The New EI Regs
From my soon to be mustached friend Joseph Roman: Joseph RománOh look! Workers at the bottom end of the labour market can now get screwed even more. Not only can…
Parliament in Review: April 30, 2012
Monday, April 30 featured discussion of two opposition motions dealing with the federal government’s responsibility to ensure the safety of Canadians. And on both fronts, the Cons went out of…
On the lesson of Alberta, and Grits
…polls, and pollsters, get things wrong. The Angus Reid Group was one of the pollsters who got things dramatically wrong in Alberta, for instance. That said, this puny online survey…